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title: 2 Samuel 4:2 — And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin; Who acts: son, two men, name. 2 Samuel 4:2 in Hebrew with its dependency
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# 2 Samuel 4:2 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** son, two men, name · **What happens:** have, be, reckon, name · **To what, where:** two men, captains, Baanah, Beeroth, Benjamin, one

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This is 2 Samuel 4:2 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — son, two men, name — and what happens in the verse to two men, captains, Baanah, Beeroth, Benjamin, one, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 24 chapters of 2 Samuel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וּשְׁנֵ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֣ים שָׂרֵֽי־גְדוּדִ֣ים הָי֪וּ בֶן־שָׁא֟וּל שֵׁם֩ הָאֶחָ֨ד בַּֽעֲנָ֜ה וְשֵׁ֧ם הַשֵּׁנִ֣י רֵכָ֗ב בְּנֵ֛י רִמּ֥וֹן הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י מִבְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּ֚י גַּם־בְּאֵר֔וֹת תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב עַל־בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

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[And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.113/)

## The tree {#tree}

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Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

```conllu rtl gloss
# sent_id = wlc:2SA:99
# text = וּשְׁנֵ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֣ים שָׂרֵֽי־גְדוּדִ֣ים הָי֪וּ בֶן־שָׁא֟וּל שֵׁם֩ הָאֶחָ֨ד בַּֽעֲנָ֜ה וְשֵׁ֧ם הַשֵּׁנִ֣י רֵכָ֗ב בְּנֵ֛י רִמּ֥וֹן הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י מִבְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּ֚י גַּם־בְּאֵר֔וֹת תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב עַל־בִּנְיָמִֽן׃
# verse = 2SA.4.2
1-2	וּשְׁנֵ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	7	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_4:2!1|MId=o100040020011|Strong=2050b
2	שְׁנֵ֣י	שְׁנַיִם	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Dual	3	nummod	_	Gloss=two|Ref=2SA_4:2!1|MId=o100040020012|Strong=8147|Type=cardinal_number
3	אֲנָשִׁ֣ים	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	Gloss=men|Ref=2SA_4:2!2|MId=o100040020021|Strong=0376
4	שָׂרֵֽי־	שַׂר	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	3	appos	_	Gloss=commanders|Ref=2SA_4:2!3|MId=o100040020031|Strong=8269|SpaceAfter=No
5	גְדוּדִ֣ים	גְּדוּד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	4	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.marauding.bands|Ref=2SA_4:2!4|MId=o100040020041|Strong=1416
6	הָי֪וּ	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	7	cop	_	Gloss=they.were|Ref=2SA_4:2!5|MId=o100040020051|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:100040020021;|Type=qatal
7	בֶן־	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=the.son|Ref=2SA_4:2!6|MId=o100040020061|Strong=1121|SpaceAfter=No
8	שָׁא֟וּל	שָׁאוּל	PROPN	_	_	7	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Saul|Ref=2SA_4:2!7|MId=o100040020071|Strong=7586
9	שֵׁם֩	שֵׁם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.name|Ref=2SA_4:2!8|MId=o100040020081|Strong=8034
10-11	הָאֶחָ֨ד	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	11	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2SA_4:2!9|MId=o100040020091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
11	אֶחָ֨ד	אֶחָד	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.one|Ref=2SA_4:2!9|MId=o100040020092|Strong=0259|Type=cardinal_number
12	בַּֽעֲנָ֜ה	בַּעֲנָה	PROPN	_	_	7	parataxis	_	Gloss=[was].Baanah|Ref=2SA_4:2!10|MId=o100040020101|Strong=1196
13-14	וְשֵׁ֧ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	17	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_4:2!11|MId=o100040020111|Strong=2050b
14	שֵׁ֧ם	שֵׁם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	Gloss=the.name|Ref=2SA_4:2!11|MId=o100040020112|Strong=8034
15-16	הַשֵּׁנִ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=of|Ref=2SA_4:2!12|MId=o100040020121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	שֵּׁנִ֣י	שֵׁנִי	NUM	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	14	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=the.second|Ref=2SA_4:2!12|MId=o100040020122|Strong=8145|Type=ordinal_number
17	רֵכָ֗ב	רֵכָב	PROPN	_	_	12	conj	_	Gloss=[was].Rechab|Ref=2SA_4:2!13|MId=o100040020131|Strong=7394
18	בְּנֵ֛י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	12	parataxis	_	Gloss=the.sons|Ref=2SA_4:2!14|MId=o100040020141|Strong=1121
19	רִמּ֥וֹן	רִמּוֹן	PROPN	_	_	18	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Rimmon|Ref=2SA_4:2!15|MId=o100040020151|Strong=7417
20-21	הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	21	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_4:2!16|MId=o100040020161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
21	בְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י	בְּאֵרֹתִי	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	appos	_	Gloss=Beerothite|Ref=2SA_4:2!16|MId=o100040020162|Strong=0886|Type=gentilic
22-23	מִבְּנֵ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=2SA_4:2!17|MId=o100040020171|Strong=4480
23	בְּנֵ֣י	בֵּן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	Gloss=the.descendants|Ref=2SA_4:2!17|MId=o100040020172|Strong=1121
24	בִנְיָמִ֑ן	בִּנְיָמִן	PROPN	_	_	23	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Benjamin|Ref=2SA_4:2!18|MId=o100040020181|Strong=1144
25	כִּ֚י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	28	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2SA_4:2!19|MId=o100040020191|Strong=3588
26	גַּם־	גַּם	ADV	_	_	27	advmod	_	Gloss=also|Ref=2SA_4:2!20|MId=o100040020201|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No
27	בְּאֵר֔וֹת	בְּאֵרוֹת	PROPN	_	_	28	nsubj	_	Gloss=Beeroth|Ref=2SA_4:2!21|MId=o100040020211|Strong=0881
28	תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב	חָשַׁב	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	7	advcl	_	Gloss=it.is.reckoned|Ref=2SA_4:2!22|MId=o100040020221|Strong=2803|Frame=A1:100040020211;|Type=yiqtol
29	עַל־	עַל	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=2SA_4:2!23|MId=o100040020231|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No
30	בִּנְיָמִֽן	בִּנְיָמִן	PROPN	_	_	28	obl	_	Gloss=Benjamin|Ref=2SA_4:2!24|MId=o100040020241|Strong=1144|SpaceAfter=No
31	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	30	punct	_	Ref=2SA_4:2!24
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- speech: narration
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| הָיוּ *they were* | qatal · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |  |
| תֵּחָשֵׁב *it is reckoned* | yiqtol · niphal |  | בְּאֵרוֹת *Beeroth* |  |  |

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MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos}

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וּתְרֵין גַבְרִין רַבָּנֵי רֵישֵׁי מַשִׁרְיָן הֲווֹ עִם בַּר שָׁאוּל שׁוּם חַד בַּעֲנָא וְשׁוּם תִּנְיָנָא רֶכֶב בְּנֵי רִמוֹן דְמִבְּאֵרוֹת בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִין אֲרֵי אַף בְּאֵרוֹת מִתְחַשְׁבָא עַל דְבֵית בִּנְיָמִין:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

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1. [And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.113/)

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**Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

**English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:2SA:99`.

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